Global technology innovation expert speaks on academic entrepreneurship

March 08, 2013

AN INTERNATIONALLY recognized innovator for research universities, business growth, and economic development came to MMSU Feb. 12 to help create an environment or attitude of innovation in the university.

Dr. Harold Raveche, founding president of Innovation Strategies International (ISI), LLC based in New Jersey, USA, spoke on “Academic entrepreneurship and innovations: Harvesting economics and societal benefits of university research” and “Conversion of biomass to electric and thermal power” in a lecture forum held at the FEM Hall Conference Room attended by selected engineering, accountancy, and entrepreneurship faculty members.

In his lecture, he shared his insight on innovation and entrepreneurship for sustainable long-term economic growth. He made his audience recognize the reason why research endeavors should be carefully aligned with market potential and technology transfer empowering them with the intelligence needed to engage the global economy competitively and creatively.

Dr. Raveche has extensive experience developing innovative business and academic programs in Asia, Latin America, India, and Muslim-majority nations.

His ISI works with clients across the globe in various sectors including R&D organizations, educational institutions, corporations, and government agencies. It identifies each client’s needs through discussion with leaders and key staff. It then designs an actionable innovation plan to meet the organization’s goals and objectives and reviewed with leadership. It works with members of the organization to implement the plan whose progress is continuously assessed. If needed, real time changes in the plan are made to ensure that milestones are met.    

The group’s comprehensive and customized services include: conducting workshops on innovation and entrepreneurship; consulting for individual corporate, university, and government executives, as well as management teams; assessing the market potential of technologies from university research and R&D organizations; doing strategic planning of R&D to optimize financial returns; and developing economic growth initiatives for government agencies through advancement of small and medium size technology enterprises. ISI works with its clients to ensure that the new institutional momentum and success derived from its services are sustainable.

Raveche also serves as board director of Vision Technology Systems, the US Division of Singapore Technologies, and Biogen which manufactures patented technology that converts biomass to synthetic gas for production of electric and thermal energy. He was also previously board director of electronics, power generation, and financial organizations.

He earned his BS in Chemistry from Hofstra University in Uniondale, Long Island, and his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at San Diego.

Raveche’s visit is still an offshoot of MMSU’s bid for energy self-sufficiency as it plans to partner with his Biogen company for the generation of biomass energy. At present, a team from COE is working on a study to determine the extent of biomass in Ilocos Norte.